Discrimination of the moving direction is improved depending on the pattern of the mechanical tactile stimulation intervention.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe experiment was conducted after obtaining the participants’ informed consent. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Niigata University of Health and Welfare and was conducted in accordance with the guidelines stipulated in the Declaration of Helsinki. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This study was financially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) and (B) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (grant numbers: 19H01090 and 21H03297) and the Grant-in-Aid program of Niigata University of Health and Welfare (grant number: R03C19)."